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A Confession (2019)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, crime thriller
Plot:
true crime, murder, police detective, police, murder investigation, police investigation, investigation, hopes, danger, dialogue, life philosophy, british police, women, police officer, biopic, confession, missing person, death of daughter, deadly, volvo
Time:
future, year 2011, year 2012, year 2014, year 2016
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Most similar movies to A Confession
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspenseful, crime drama and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, police and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like A Confession: Manhunt (2019), The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021), The Hunt for a Killer (2020), Unforgotten (2015), Little Boy Blue (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of London Metropolitan police detective Colin Sutton's manhunt for serial killer Levi Bellfield.
Style:
detective, exciting, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, who done it, murder, true crime, criminal, victim, brutality, blood, law enforcement, law, corruption, police officer ...
Time:
future
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Factual drama based on the notorious Whitehouse Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.
Style:
crime drama, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
murder trial, murder mystery, true crime, police investigation, schizophrenic, crime scene, adopted son, british police, murder case, farmhouse, investigation, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective superintendent reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s. Forensic methods link the crimes to a string of burglaries. Steve's team has to find more evidence before the perpetrator is released from prison.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, cold case, law enforcement, investigation, police, true crime, father son relationship, unsolved crime, double murder, who done it ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
wales, britain, united kingdom
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved ...
Style:
detective, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
true crime, child murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, sex crime, murder, police procedural, rapist, interrogation, serial killer, unsolved crime, crime investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style:
crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, investigation, cold case, missing person, female police detective, who done it, father daughter relationship, uncover truth, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story that shocked a nation, this powerful four-part factual drama, from BAFTA winning writer and executive producer Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult, The Widower), centres on the devastating impact on a city of an innocent child’s ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
true crime, police detective, murder, murder investigation, justice, police investigation, danger, dishonesty, british police, investigation, missing child, murder mystery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
liverpool
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, serial killer, coma, police, police investigation, murder, female partner, policewoman, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, gay interest, detective inspector, police, murder, murderer, dishonesty, danger, murder investigation, death, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
united kingdom, london
Similarity:
100%
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24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, detective, crime drama, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
murder, who done it, female detective, police investigation, law enforcement, british police, crime investigation, police detective, murder mystery, criminal, right hand man, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, northern england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The Last Detective is an ITV drama starring Peter Davison as Dangerous Davies. The first series aired in 2003 with three more seasons succeeding this. The first consisted of a pilot and three episodes, the second and the third series both consisted ...
Style:
detective, realistic, clever, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, amateur detective, murder, fighting crime, police investigation, uncover truth, investigation, danger, partners against crime, law enforcement, riddles and clues, intrigue ...
Time:
future
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, disappearance, cold case, police detective, childhood friend, sleuth, murder, missing person, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, secret ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
Inspector Lynley TV Series
Style:
detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, homicide detective, partner, law enforcement, detective inspector, murder, inspector, investigation, sleuth, police, police investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style:
atmospheric, clever, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, british police, law enforcement, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
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Story:
In 1860 Scotland Yard's 'Prince of Sleuths' Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent,snatched from his bed at night and killed.
Style:
tense, psychological, stylized, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
private detective, country house, murder, investigation, multiple suspects, detective inspector, who done it, child killer, victorian england, murder confession, acquittal, child kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
scotland yard, england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Austria
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna.
Style:
period piece, gothic, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, murder, investigation, twists and turns, doctor, disorder, private detective, buddies, escapades, danger, good versus evil ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1900s, 90s
Place:
vienna, austria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, investigation, police detective, forest, unsolved crime, mass child killing, forensics, hidden identity, psychological trauma, corpse, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
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Story:
Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
homicide detective, investigation, police, police detective, killer, serial killer, manhunt, murder, police investigation, murderer, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
year 1984, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Style:
realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, police investigation, british police, multiple suspects, investigator, murder, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, murder mystery, true crime, law enforcement, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, forensic, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time:
2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
Style:
detective, captivating, tense, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
true crime, police detective, rapist, murder, investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, psychopath, maniac, violent, brutality ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
The story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking case in Rochdale, for which nine men were convicted and sentenced. The drama explores how these girls were groomed, how they were ignored by the authorities ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
human trafficking, teenage girl, rape, working class, sex trafficking, police investigation, true crime, court case, sex slave, sexualized violence, abuse, sexual abuse ...
Place:
bristol
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and ...
Style:
detective, realistic, sincere, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
crime investigation, police detective, murder, detective inspector, murderer, british police, police, investigation, whodunit, police procedural, inspector, criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future, 90s
Place:
england, europe, italy, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, clever, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
who done it, countryside, friendship, female detective, riddles and clues, murder, private detective, investigation, gardener, partners against crime, murder investigation, amateur detective ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, partners against crime, priest, police detective, who done it, village, village life, friendship, clergy, whodunit ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, policewoman, female detective, police investigation, female partner, friends, relationship vs career, partners against crime, law enforcement, police procedural, female protagonist, best friend ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
Similarity:
100%
140K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, twists and turns, police, murderer, legal, grief, multiple suspects, small town, pedophile ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Rebus is the title of the detective drama TV series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh. The series was produced by STV Productions for the ITV network.
Four seasons have been aired; ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
who done it, police investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, multiple suspects, murder, police, british police, murder mystery, nypd, investigation, police inspector ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, england, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
21%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history while threatening to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mining town, murder mystery, police officer, manhunt, murder, police investigation, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation, murderer, crime solving ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
21%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective".
Style:
crime drama, detective, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, police, police investigation, murder, murder investigation, conspiracy, obsessive compulsive disorder, suicide, forensic, nordic, mental health, forensics ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, police, crime investigation, investigator, police investigation, partner, who done it, murder investigation, friends, uncover truth, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
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